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P. DE GUERRE.

BASE PLATE FOR A RAIL CHAIR. No. 338,589. Patented Mar. 23, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PETER DE GUERRE, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

BASE-PLATE FOR A RAIL-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,589, dated March 23. 1886.

Application filed January 16, 1886. Serial No. 188,750.

(No model.) Patented in Canada December 22, 1885, No. 23,040.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, PETER DE GUEREE, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario,0anada, yeoman, have invented an Improvement on the Base-Plate of Railway-Bail Chairs; and I do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

The object of my invention is to secure railchairs to their set place upon the rail-tie and to prevent the outward spreading of the chair and rail at the time of extreme pressure, and thus to prevent accidents on railroads from this cause, and consequent loss to railway companies. This objectlattain in form illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a seat view of the base-plate of a rail-chair, showing ribs and legs on the bottom side. Fig. 2 is a side view showing the ribs and legs projecting downward.

a is the base-plate of a rail-chair.

B B are ribs on the under side of the plate directly under the rail place. (Indicated by dotted lines in Fig. l.) The ribs B are one and one -fourth inch by one and one-fourth inch,

fiveinches long, and hollow about half-way up. They strengthen the base-plate and are a se' cure stay, being let into the rail-tie underneath. They are round at the ends, that their place in the tie may be quickly made.

I) b are legs, one and one-quarter inch in diameter and the same in length, to be let into the rail-tie, and are hollow about halfway up. They assist each other and the ribs B in keeping firm the united power of combination, and. thus secure safety from the disastrous results of rail-spreading.

I make no claim to the base-plate as such only, for I am aware that this is not new; but

\Vhatlclaim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a railroad-chair, the base-plate a, provided with ribs B B and legs I) b, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

Toronto, January 13, 1886.

PETER DE GUERRE.

\Vitnesses:

HERBERT E. IRWIN, J OSEPH BLACK. 

